{"id":2044,"date":"2012-12-05T19:26:47","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T19:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/12\/05\/smf-manual-install\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:27:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:27:33","slug":"smf-manual-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/mediawiki\/smf-manual-install\/","title":{"rendered":"How to manually install SMF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this SMF introductory installation tutorial, we will demonstrate how to install the Simple Machine Forums (SMF) program manually. A manual installation means installing the program without the help of third party installer programs. This typically takes more steps than using installer programs such as Softaculous. Below are the steps to help you get started.<\/p>\n<p>Before you begin, make sure you have <a href=\"https:\/\/download.simplemachines.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">downloaded the latest version of SMF<\/a> to your local computer.<\/p>\n<div><strong>Database Setup<\/strong><\/div>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\">Log into your cpanel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Find the <em>Databases<\/em> category and click on the <strong>MySQL Databases<\/strong> icon to enter the database creation screen.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_menu-mysql-icon.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_menu-mysql-icon.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"1-click-database-wizard\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_menu-mysql-icon.png 737w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_menu-mysql-icon-300x74.png 300w\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>In this screen, choose a database name and enter it on the <strong>New Database<\/strong> field. Click the <strong>Create Database<\/strong> button to complete the database creation.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_create-new-db.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1-new-database\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-9386\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_create-new-db.png\" width=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_create-new-db.png 617w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_create-new-db-300x152.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Once you get the success message, click the <strong>Go Back<\/strong> link to return to the database creation page.<\/li>\n<li>Now you will need to create a database user for the database you just created. Scroll down to the <em>MySQL Users<\/em> section. Enter a username at the <strong>Username<\/strong> field. Note that the prefix to the username will always be your cpanel username. In this example, we named the user the same as the database name, which is <em>inmoti6_smf<\/em>. Enter a password of your own design or use the password generator for ideas. Once you have entered the password in both password fields, click the <strong>Create User<\/strong> button to finish generating the user.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_create-db-user.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2-create-db-user\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-9387\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_create-db-user.png\" width=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_create-db-user.png 554w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_create-db-user-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Again, you will get a user creation success message. Click the <strong>Go Back<\/strong> link to retun once again to the Database creation page.<\/li>\n<li>Now, we want to assign the user to the database. Scroll down to the <em>Add User To Database<\/em> section where you will see two fields: <strong>User<\/strong> and <strong>Database<\/strong>. Use the dropdowns to select the username to assign to your desired database. Click the <strong>Add<\/strong> button to add the user to the database.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_add-user-db.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3-add-user-to-db\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-9388\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_add-user-db.png\" width=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_add-user-db.png 557w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_add-user-db-300x109.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>You are taken to a privileges screen. Click on the <strong>All Privileges<\/strong> checkbox to add them to the user and click on the <strong>Make Changes<\/strong> button at the bottom to save them.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_add-user-privileges.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4-add-privileges\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-9389\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_add-user-privileges.png\" width=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_add-user-privileges.png 810w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_add-user-privileges-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_add-user-privileges-768x461.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Go Back<\/strong> link once you get the success message and you have finished creating the database for your SMF manual installation.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><strong><br>Uploading SMF Files To Your Host<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Now you will need to upload the SMF zip package to your host. This part of the article assumes you are using a host with cPanel.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\">Log into your cpanel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Find the <em>Files<\/em> category and click on the <strong>File Manager<\/strong> icon.<\/li>\n<li>From here, you will be given a popup box to select the area you want to enter. Select the domain you want to upload your phpBB program into. As we are using a subdomain named <em>smf.inmotiontesting.com<\/em>. Click the <strong>Go<\/strong> button once you have selected the proper destination.<\/li>\n<li>You are now in the <em>File Manager<\/em>. Click on the <strong>Upload<\/strong> tool found along the top row of icons. This will take you to the file upload screen.<\/li>\n<li>Use the <strong>Browse<\/strong> button on this screen to locate your SMF ZIP file on your local computer. Once uploaded, click on the <strong>Back<\/strong> button in the middle of the screen.<\/li>\n<li>From here you will see the ZIP file on the page. Click it to highlight it and select the <strong>Extract<\/strong> tool from the list of icons across the top of the page.<\/li>\n<li>A popup will appear asking you to confirm or change the destination folder. As we are using the subdomain as our home folder for phpbb, simply click <strong>Extract File(s)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The program has now been uploaded and extracted. We can now proceed to the next step of the install.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Install The Program From The Domain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visit the domain you extracted the program files to. It should redirect you to the install page. For example: <em>smf.inmotiontesting.com<\/em> redirects to <em>smf.inmotiontesting.com\/install.php<\/em><\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>The first page is an introduction to the installation process. To begin, click on the <strong>Continue<\/strong> button in the lower right corner.<\/li>\n<li>The next page goes over database settings. There are several fields here that deal with connecting to the database. Once you have entered the information, click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_7-database-settings.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"7-database-settings\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-9390\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_7-database-settings.png\" width=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_7-database-settings.png 805w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_7-database-settings-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_7-database-settings-768x639.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Database Type<\/th>\n<td>This may change depending on your host.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Server Name<\/th>\n<td>If your database is on the same server as your account, you will use \u2018localhost\u2019, otherwise this will be the IP address or domain name of the database server.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Username<\/th>\n<td>Username for the database you created earlier.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Password<\/th>\n<td>Password for the database user.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Database Name<\/th>\n<td>Name of the database you created earlier.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Table Prefix<\/th>\n<td>Unless you have a custom setup, you can leave this with the default smf_.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li>Next we have the Forum Settings. These are customizable settings for your Forum. If you are unsure of any custom settings you may need, simply leave the default settings in place. Click <strong>Continue<\/strong> when you are ready to movet to the next step.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_8-forum-settings.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"8-forum-settings\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-9391\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_8-forum-settings.png\" width=\"898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_8-forum-settings.png 898w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_8-forum-settings-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_8-forum-settings-768x539.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>This page is a confirmation that the database tables were created and populated with beginning data. There are no options on this page so click <strong>Continue<\/strong> when you are ready to move on.<\/li>\n<li>Now it is time to create an administrative account for the forums. Once all information is entered here, click <strong>Continue<\/strong> when you are ready for the final step.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_9-account-creation.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"9-account-creation\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-9392\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_9-account-creation.png\" width=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_9-account-creation.png 829w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_9-account-creation-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_manual-install_9-account-creation-768x565.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>This is the last step congratulating you on the installation completion. Be sure to click on the checkbox entitled <strong>Click here to delete this install.php file now. (doesn\u2019t work on all servers.)<\/strong> for security purposes. This should delete your install.php file to prevent anyone from breaking into the site.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this SMF introductory installation tutorial, we will demonstrate how to install the Simple Machine Forums (SMF) program manually. A manual installation means installing the program without the help of third party installer programs. This typically takes more steps than using installer programs such as Softaculous. 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